How can I specify the location of the install log file in SMARTS?

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

How can I specify the location of the install log file in SMARTS?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

Using the Smarts 6.x installer, this is how you can specify the location of the log file. The installation normally puts the log file in a temporary location which it copies to the BASEDIR on success, then deletes the original.  However, if the installer bombs out, it just deletes the original, leaving the user with nothing.  Here is a way to specify another location for the log file, which the installer will leave behind:  <install_image> -log # !<logLocation> @ALL
Example:
setup-winnt.exe -log # !C:/logfile.txt @ALL
or
setup-solaris.bin -log # !/tmp/logfile.txt @ALL

The '@ALL' means to capture all events.